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One Direction delighted fans with hit after hit. Even after members Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, and Zayn Malik disbanded, they continued on that trajectory with their solo ...

Rewinding to the days before One Direction was a global pop sensation, longtime fans might recall goofy video diaries that inspired plenty of inside jokes, silly dance moves and Liam Payne being the ...

One Direction’s Take Me Home is the year-end, last-chance hope of the record business. It’s aimed straight at the adolescent girls who swooned en masse over last year’s fusillade of compliments “What ...

Liam Payne, a former member of the preeminent 2010s boy band One Direction, died on October 16 at the age of 31. In his short and fairly troubled post-1D career, he never fully slotted into his own ...

Liam Payne, a singer who rose to fame as a member of the chart-topping boy band One Direction, has died while in Buenos Aires. A member of the pop boy band One Direction has died. Liam Payne was 31 ...

Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson, formerly of pop group One Direction, said in a statement released Thursday that they are “completely devastated” by the death of their former ...

In the year since Liam Payne's tragic death at 31 years old, his friends, family and fans have come together to reflect on his life and legacy. Netflix paid homage to the late One Direction star this ...

• The family of One Direction singer Liam Payne said they’re “heartbroken” following his death at the age of 31. The former One Direction singer died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in ...